So how is that working out? Seattle spending $100,000 per homeless person...

Public pooping is up from Seattle to San Francisco: And it is racist to clean it up!

City Journal: Seattle is spending $100,000 per homeless person: 

[F]our ideological power centers frame Seattle’s homelessness debate. I’ll identify them as the socialists, the compassion brigades, the homeless-industrial complex, and the addiction evangelists. Together, they have dominated the local policy discussion, diverted hundreds of millions of dollars toward favored projects, and converted many well-intentioned voters to the politics of unlimited compassion. If we want to break through the failed status quo on homelessness in places like Seattle—and in Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, too—we must first map the ideological battlefield, identify the flaws in our current policies, and rethink our assumptions.

Homelessness is not just about a lack of housing, but a failure of policy. Economics (such as rising rents and lack of affordable housing) are just a part of it. You have a mix of people with mental health issues, drug use, and the criminal element preying off of them.  Do you think it is a coincidence that the cities with the worst chronic out of controlled homelessness are run by Democrats? 

Instapundit: Seattle Under Siege